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Dead Cells original, not even plagiarised review

Wednesday, 15 August 2018 12:23
Written by Tarryn van der Byl
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According to the Kübler-Ross model, a person confronted with their own imminent mortality must negotiate a sequence of five stages of grief – from denial, anger, bargaining, and depression, through to acceptance.

No. No. Noooo. This is not happening.

WHY DID I EVEN OPEN THAT STUPID CURSED TREASURE CHEST? I HATE YOU, STUPID CURSED TREASURE CHEST.

Okay, but maybe I shouldn’t open cursed chests. But maybe next time I open a cursed chest, things could be different. Maybe.

I’m going to miss my combo Double Crossb-o-matic V+ so much. I can’t go on without it. I won’t go on without it.

… I’ll go on without it. I’ll probably get a new one, anyway. I’m ready to start over, and I swear, I’m totally not going to open a cursed treasure chest (unless I do).

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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy review

Monday, 13 August 2018 14:31
Written by Gareth Runnalls
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When I was a kid, I didn’t have a PC or console. If I wanted to play a game, I had to go to an arcade. It cost me 20 cents for every game, and I spent all my pocket money there and maybe that’s why I couldn’t afford to buy a PC or console, but I was 10, and I didn’t make plans past the next go at Pac-Man. Until a friend of mine got a PlayStation – like, the original PlayStation – and I went over and played Crash Bandicoot.

I was completely and utterly in love with the game.

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The Crew 2 review

Monday, 16 July 2018 13:23
Written by Henry Dowling
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Design by committee. That’s the first thing that came to mind. Actually, no… the first thing that struck me while playing The Crew 2 for the first time was a sense of utter bewilderment, drowning in Things To Do. That’s because The Crew 2 has boats, planes, bikes, and, well, everything, all splattered across a map with little discernible way of knowing what to do next  It’s a compilation of racing disciplines, none of which are particularly disciplined. It’s not especially clever either. But, damn, it sure is pretty.

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Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered review

Friday, 13 July 2018 11:40
Written by Matthew Vice
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It’s strange to me that the Red Faction series didn’t manage to entrench itself in the mainstream the way I thought it would. Whenever people start talking about their favourite shooters, you hear about your Dooms and Half-Lifes and Gears of Wars and Modern Warfares et al… but never Red Faction.

Why?

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Prey: Mooncrash review

Thursday, 05 July 2018 15:05
Written by Tarryn van der Byl
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Prey is one of those games I was only sort of peripherally aware of before it launched, but I volunteered to play it for review because the boxart was nice and I’m a sci-fi nerd and, like, spaaaaace. I wasn’t expecting much, but oooh, I was instantly in love with its retrofuturistic aesthetic, provocative ideological themes, and consistently intriguing plot. I also learned an important lesson about (not) trusting coffee cups. More? Yes, please. And in a generation of questionable season passes, cynical cash-ins, and stuff that should probably have been in the game the first time but sold separately to maximise corporate bonuses, Prey’s new Mooncrash expansion is something else entirely.

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